Definition
A label set representing categories of disability group. Disability groups constitute a broad categorisation of disabilities in terms of underlying health condition, impairment, activity limitations, participation restrictions, environmental factors and support needs.
Conceptual Domain
Disability
Statuses:
[FACSIAR Data Governance Committee: Qualified, Sept. 27, 2024]
A person’s functioning or disability is conceived as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and environmental and personal factors (WHO...
Representation
| Data Type | ALPHASTRING |
|---|---|
| Format | A(11) |
| Maximum character length | 11 |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Definition | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permissible Values | LEARNING | Intellectual learning: associated with impairment of intellectual functions which limit a range of daily activities and restrict participation in a range of life areas, for example, but not limited to; dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia. | |||
| PSYCHIATRIC | Associated with clinically recognisable symptoms and behaviour patterns frequently associated with distress that may impair personal functioning in normal social activity, for example, but not limited to; Asperger syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, behavioural disorders, bipolar, depression, eating disorders, epilepsy, manias, phobias, schizophrenia, somnias. | ||||
| SENSORY | Sensory/speech: including vision disability (blindness, vision impairment); hearing disability (deafness, hearing impairment that cause severe restrictions in communication); deaf-blind (dual sensory impairments causing severe restrictions in communication); speech disability (speech loss, impairment which causes severe restrictions in communication). | ||||
| PHYSICAL | Physical/diverse: associated with the presence of an impairment, which may have diverse effects within and among individuals, including effects on physical activities such as mobility. This grouping includes physical disability, for example; paraplegia, quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, motor neurone disease, neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, absence or deformities of limbs, acquired brain injury, neurological disability (including epilepsy, dementias, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease). | ||||
| Supplementary Values | NOTSTATED | Not stated/Inadequately described |
Comments
A client can only have a 'Not/stated/Inadequately described' value for this data item if they have reported experiencing a disability. A client recorded as 'No disability' cannot be recorded as 'Not stated/Inadequately described'. This reflects how data is uploaded into the Data Exchange system.
- If the service provider is using the Data Exchange web portal as a direct user interface to record client details, they can only be prompted to select a disability category (including 'Not stated/Inadequately described') after they have selected a check box confirming that the client does have a disability.
- For system-to-system and bulk-upload-XML uploads, the Data Exchange system will prevent any records from updating if a service provider tries to record 'Not stated/Inadequately' when a client does not report experiencing a disability at the same time.
See page 19 of the Data Exchange Protocols for further detail.
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 1 |